322 tale 38 frightening forest
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The frightening forest
On the market place a big crowd of monkeys had
gathered, they were listening to an old monkey who told them about the last
forest not far from the village. “Don’t go there! There are bad spirits
killing you. Look at that,” and he showed them a terribly looking deep but
already healed wound. Those nearest shied away, those behind them tried to
get closer to see better. “I received this in the forest and it nearly cost
my life to get out again.” Everybody looked at him with deep respect. The
activity on the market place continued, some were buying, others selling.
From far that forest didn’t really look as
dangerous as the old monkey had told them but the monkeys of the village were
very superstitious and inside the forest it was very dark as it was the last
untouched primeval wood with dense thicket which made it impenetrable and a
real maze.
For a very long time, the monkeys didn’t even go
near it. However, once children were playing hide and seek near it and one of
the kids hid behind the first trees and of course, could not be found by the
other because they didn’t dare to go even to near to the wood. First, that
kid was very afraid to hide in those trees but as nothing special happened,
it hid there again and again without telling the others where it had disappeared.
When that monkey had grown up, he didn’t play hide and seek anymore, but was
rather curious what could be discovered inside the mysterious forest.
So, one day, that monkey took some food with
himself and entered the density of the trees. Of course, he was not the
bravest but looking around him and listening to the tumult between the trees,
he could only observe the usual noise of birds, insects and the sound of the
wind playing with the leaves. Therefore, he entered deeper and deeper into
the forest. He could only advance very slowly because the thicket was so
dense but after some hours of struggling through branches, twigs and leaves
of trees, bushes and shrubs, he suddenly reached a clearing. It looked like a
paradise with flowers, fruit trees, small waterfalls and basins. The air
there was cool because of the water and perfumed by the plants, fruits and
flowers.
Suddenly, he stopped because he heard steps
coming closer. He hid behind one of the rosebushes and watched. Then he saw
the old monkey. First, he wanted to greet him but then he began to think.
“Why had the old monkey told all the other inhabitants of the village that
there were murderous spirits in the forest?” He remembered how the villagers
had destroyed the environment around them and understood that the old monkey
had told all the horrible tales to prevent others to come to his garden and
destroy his paradise.
After having watched the old monkey for some time
looking after his wonderful garden with the most tender care, he decided not
to betray his being there but to leave the paradise and not to tell anybody
about it.
One day again at the market place, when the old
monkey told his tales about the mysterious forest, that young monkey joined
into the story telling, “Just yesterday, I came to close to some of the trees
of the wood and I heard terrible noises and a branch reached out to catch me.
I could hardly escape.” Only for a moment, the young and the old monkey looked
into each other’s eyes and both understood the meaning, one realized that his
paradise had been discovered and the other felt his promise being accepted
and trusted not to tell anybody about the secret.
These two monkeys never talked to each other but
from that day on, there was a warm smile in their eyes when they met at the
market place.
Life went on normally, but one day the young
monkey noticed that the old had not been to the market for two weeks.
“Something must have happened,” he thought. Therefore, he decided to enter
the wood again. After some hours, he had reached the garden of the old monkey
and began to look around.
Suddenly, he saw the feet of the old under a
tree. When he came nearer, the old monkey seemed to be sleeping with a happy
smile on his face. First, the young monkey wanted to go away silently, but
then went closer. The body of the old monkey had something strange on him.
Now, it was clear; the old monkey had died.
Then, he found a sheet of paper with these words
on it: “My dear young friend! I’m very grateful that you didn’t tell anybody
about my paradise and that way helped its survival. I’m old and going to die.
I want you to be my heir.”
Tears were running down the cheeks of the young
monkey. He sat near the dead body for some hours and then buried him.
The next morning, he went back to the village.
For some days, he didn’t talk to anybody, but then he decided to tell the
other inhabitants about what had happened and to lead them to the paradise.
He hoped that something would change in them when they saw the wonderful
garden. He hoped they would respect the heritage of the old monkey and
preserve the last paradise.
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Tuesday, 10 March 2020
321 cuento 37 la sonrisa
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La sonrisa
Había una vez un mono que
siempre sonreía. Tenía una sonrisa muy bonita, pero todos a su alrededor
sabían que su sonrisa no era sincera porque sonreía a las flores en el prado,
cuando brillaba el sol, cuando llovía, al león y al cocodrilo, a los monos cuando
reían e incluso cuando lloraron
Entonces, un día, estaba muy
triste porque uno de sus juguetes favoritos se había roto. Sin embargo,
incluso entonces, no podía dejar de sonreír. Entonces, caminó con una gran
sonrisa en su rostro, aunque las lágrimas corrían por su rostro.
Había una mona que sintió
pena por él y trató de ayudarlo. Primero, ella le masajeó y le amasó la cara
porque pensó que tal vez los músculos de su cara quedaron atrapados en un
calambre pero no sirvió de nada, probó diferentes hierbas y cremas, pero
incluso esas no suavizaron su sonrisa. Entonces, tuvo una idea maravillosa; tomó
un limón y la metió en la boca del mono. El sabor amargo de esta fruta
desgarró repentinamente sus labios hacia adelante para formar una
"o" puntiaguda.
¡Esta receta podría usarse
incluso hoy!
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Friday, 6 March 2020
321 tale 37 the smile
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The smile
Once upon a time, there was a monkey who always
smiled. He had a very nice smile but everybody around him knew that his smile
was not sincere because he smiled at the flowers on the meadow, when the sun
shone, when it rained, at the lion and the crocodile, at monkeys when they
laughed and even when they cried.
Then one day, he was very sad because one of his
favourite toys had broken. However, even then, he couldn’t stop smiling. So,
he walked around with a big smile on his face although tears were running
down his face.
There was a female monkey who felt pity for him
and tried to help him. First, she massaged and kneaded his face because she
thought that maybe his face muscles were caught in a cramp but it didn’t
help, she tried different herbs and creams but even those didn’t soften his
smile. Then, she had a wonderful idea; she took a lemon and stuffed it in his
mouth. The bitter taste of this fruit suddenly tore is lips forward to form
of a pointed “o”.
This recipe could be used even today!
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320 cuento 36 cuanto más simple, mejor
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Cuanto más simple, mejor
Había una vez un gran bosque
en un valle con altas montañas a su alrededor y un claro en el centro. El
árbol con las mejores frutas estaba en medio del claro. Durante mucho tiempo,
los dos monos que vivían en el valle habían convivido pacíficamente, compartían
los frutos del árbol y a veces se encontraban a su sombra.
Sin embargo, un día, nadie
podía decir por qué, los dos monos alcanzaron una fruta muy dulce al mismo
tiempo y comenzaron a discutir sobre ello. Primero, se golpearon, empujaron y
se tiraron del cabello, luego, uno tomó un palo y golpeó al otro y al final,
arrojaron piedras. Ambos estaban muy enojados y muy cansados, pero
prometieron continuar la lucha.
Durante la noche, uno de
ellos decidió que necesitaba ayuda y formó un mono soldado de arcilla.
"Este soldado no necesita cerebro porque solo tiene que luchar por mí,"
pensó.
A la mañana siguiente, fue al
árbol con su refuerzo y el otro mono se sorprendió bastante cuando vio al
soldado de arcilla. Se sorprendió aún más cuando descubrió que el soldado de
arcilla luchó excelentemente y era mucho más fuerte que los dos monos juntos.
Por la noche, el mono
golpeado creó su propio soldado, pero no solo uno, hizo dos de ellos.
Al día siguiente, él debería
ser el ganador de la batalla.
Esto continuó durante algún
tiempo hasta que hubo alrededor de un centenar de soldados a cada lado
llenando todo el claro.
Se tuvo que encontrar algún
tipo de tácticas nuevas. Entonces, uno de los monos tuvo la idea de inyectar
algo de valentía a sus soldados.
Al día siguiente, sus
soldados resultaron luchar mejor que los de su oponente.
Por la noche, el otro
inyectó juicio a sus soldados y lucharon más inteligentemente que los de su
oponente y ganaron la batalla ese día.
Luego, inyectaron intuición
y creatividad en sus soldados, y después de eso, flexibilidad.
Los soldados se volvieron
más y más profesionales con habilidad, decisión, inteligencia, empatía y
flexibilidad. Sin embargo, debido a estas habilidades, en parte perdieron su
ingenuidad, obediencia, sumisión, manejabilidad, indiferencia y lealtad y muy
a menudo se miraron sorprendidos y se preguntaban por qué estaban luchando
por alguien más. Al final, ahuyentaron a los dos reyes monos y establecieron
democracias.
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Saturday, 29 February 2020
320 tale 36 the simpler the better
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The simpler the better
Once upon a time, there
was a big forest in a valley with high mountains around it and a clearing in
the centre. The tree with the finest fruits stood In the middle of the
clearing. For a very long time, the two monkeys living in the valley had
peacefully lived together and shared the fruits from the tree sometimes
meeting in the shadow of it.
However one day, nobody
could tell why, the two monkeys reached out for a very sweet looking fruit at
the same time and began to quarrel about it. First, they hit, pushed and
pulled each other’s hair, then, one took a stick and beat the other and at
the end, stones were thrown. Both were very angry and very tired but they
promised to continue the fight.
During the night, one of
them decided that he needed help and formed a monkey soldier out of clay.
“This soldier doesn’t need brains because he only has to fight for me,” he thought.
The next morning, he went
to the tree with his reinforcement and the other monkey was rather surprised
when he saw the clay soldier. He was even more astonished when he discovered
that the clay soldier fought excellently and was much stronger than both
monkeys were together.
At night, the beaten
monkey produced his own soldier, but not only one, he made two of them.
The next day, he should
be the winner of the battle.
This went on for some
time until there were around a hundred soldiers on each side filling the
whole clearing.
Some kind of new tactics
had to be found. So, one of the monkeys had the idea to inject some braveness
into his soldiers.
The next day, his
soldiers resulted to fight better than those of his opponent did.
In the evening, the other
injected judgement into his soldiers and they fought smarter than those of
his opponent did and won the battle that day.
Then, they injected
intuition and creativity into their soldiers, and after that flexibility.
The soldiers became more
and more professional with ability, decisiveness, cleverness, intelligence,
empathy and flexibility. However, because of these skills, they partly lost
their simple-mindedness, obedience, submissiveness, manageability,
indifference and loyalty and very often looked at each other in surprise and
were wondering why they were fighting for somebody else. In the end, they
chased the two monkey kings and established democracies.
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319 cuento 35 eldorado
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Eldorado
Había una vez un mono joven
que creía en todas las leyendas y cuentos que le contaban. Sin embargo, un
día tuvo una conversación con uno de sus amigos. "¿Vendrás conmigo a
buscar a Eldorado?" preguntó. "¿Por qué crees que nadie va allí o ha
encontrado ese país fabuloso?" respondió su amigo.
Nuestro héroe cayó en
pensamientos profundos. Por lo tanto, preguntó a los viejos narradores de cuentos
y leyendas por qué nadie iba allí o había encontrado ese país fabuloso, pero
ninguno de ellos quería darle una respuesta aceptable o simplemente se
alejaron mirándolo incrédulos.
Cuando creció, decidió viajar
por el planeta para descubrir la verdad. Por lo tanto, se despidió de todos
sus familiares y amigos y se fue.
En su viaje, encontró un
país donde los monos se lavaron con arena porque ni siquiera tenían mucha
agua para beber. Luego, llegó a un país, donde las casas estaban hechas de
queso y chocolate y había relojes por todas partes. Se apresuraron de un
lugar a otro porque se consideraba un crimen importante llegar tarde. Había
un país donde los monos ya no querían tener hijos porque preferían tener una
buena carrera. Visitó un país donde las mujeres tenían que quedarse en casa y
no podían conducir un coche. Encontró un país donde los monos seguían
persiguiendo a los ciervos con la ayuda del arco y la flecha y creían que el
sol, la luna, los árboles y la lluvia eran dioses y diosas diferentes. Luego,
llegó a un país, donde los monos hicieron expediciones a otros planetas
porque habían destruido la naturaleza a su alrededor. Había un país donde los
monos ni siquiera sabían de la existencia de otros países y no les gustaban
los extranjeros. Visitó un país donde le dijeron que todos tenían que vivir
de acuerdo con su destino y que nada podía cambiarse.
Y cuando él mismo se hizo
muy viejo, llegó a un país donde los monos con los ojos rasgados se
inclinaron profundamente el uno al otro. Les preguntó dónde podía encontrar
el país donde la gente vivía más tiempo y felizmente. Pero le interrogaron
porque parecía muy viejo de dónde era y que realmente les gustaría visitar su
país porque los monos de ahí deben ser los que viven más tiempo y más feliz.
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Thursday, 27 February 2020
319 tale 35 eldorado
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Eldorado, the golden
country
Once upon a time, there
was a young monkey who believed every legend and tale he was told. However
one day, he had a conversation with one of his friends. ”Will you come with
me to find Eldorado?” he asked. “Why do you think nobody is going there or
has ever found that fabulous country?” his friend replied.
Our hero fell in deep
thoughts. Therefore, he asked the old storytellers why nobody was going there
or had ever found that fabulous country but none of them wanted to give him
an acceptable answer or they just turned away staring at him in disbelief.
When he had grown up, he
decided to travel around the planet to find out about the truth. Therefore,
he said good-bye to all his relatives and friends and went away.
On his journey, he found
a country where the monkeys washed themselves with sand because they didn’t
have much water even to drink. Then, he came to a country, where the houses
were made of cheese and chocolate and clocks were hanging around everywhere.
They hurried from place to place because it was considered a major crime to
be late. There was a country where the monkeys didn’t want to have children
anymore because they preferred to have a good carrier. He visited a country
where females had to stay at home and couldn’t drive a car. He found a
country where the monkeys still chased the deer with the help of bow and
arrow and believed that the sun, the moon, the trees and the rain were
different gods and goddesses. Then, he came to a country, where the monkeys
made expeditions to other planets because they had destroyed the nature
around them. There was a country where the monkeys didn’t even know of the
existence of other countries and didn’t like any foreigners. He visited a
country where he was told that everybody had to live according to his destiny
and nothing could be changed.
And when he had grown
very old himself, he came to a country where the monkeys with slit eyes bowed
deeply to each other. He asked them where he could find the country where
people lived longest and happily, so they questioned him because he looked so
very old where he was from and that they would really like to visit his
country because the monkeys there must be the longest living and happiest.
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